Reporting by Amy McGorry
The researchers explained in the release, that hearing loss has been associated with mutations of at least 100 different genes. The researchers stated that up to 16 percent of genetic hearing loss could be linked to the gene STRC, which they noted is also the second most common genetic cause.
"Patients who carry STRC mutations lack cochlear amplification entirely and, as a result, suffer from reduced auditory sensitivity and have difficulty with frequency discrimination and speech perception", the authors stated in the published report in the peer-reviewed journal.
In order to hear sound, sensory hair cells in the inner ear need.....
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